Collective bargaining and social dialogue in France: recent developments, new issues


Published: Apr 13, 2016
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Collective bargaining working time negotiations territorial social dialogue France
Annette Jobert
Abstract
Recently, changes in the processes of social bargaining and social dialogue, such as the decentralization of bargaining, the emergence of new issues and actors, challenge the approaches undertaken thus far for their study. Current analysis focus on the processes of decision making and the methods of state operation using the most recent approaches in political science. Notions such as “political exchange”, “governance” and “cognitive action framework” are being used more frequently than ever as analytical tools for industrial relations research. The paper examines two examples of these new trends; working time which constitutes an important issue within the French bargaining agenda and territorial social dialogue, where public actors are also involved, though indirectly.
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